Federal Budget 2024: Jacqui Lambie unleashes scathing attack on Labor's $300 power rebate - and many Aussies agree
Daily MailJacqui Lambie has hit out at the Albanese Government for giving every Aussie household a $300 rebate on their power bill. Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has launched into a furious attack of the governments energy rebate being handed to every Aussie household no matter their income Senator Lambie said she disagreed with the rich getting any help in the federal budget, including Stage 3 tax cuts. All households will see a $300 credit automatically applied to their electricity bills from July 1 Ms Lambie said Australia's wealthiest didn't need the $300 rebate from treasurer Jim Chalmers and the government and it could be spent on more pressing issues Aussies piled in on the rebate including the nation's wealthiest while other well-off taxpayers said they will just give the money to charity. Another Aussie earning about $100,000-a-year and lives alone without dependents said they 'don't need $300 off my energy bills'.
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